Saddle for bicycles.



Patented Mar. 27, I900. W BAILEY SADDLE FUR BICYCLES.

(Application filed Aug. 26, 1899.)

UNITED STATES P PATENT OFFICE,

WILLIAM BAILEY, or NEWBURY, ENGLAND.

SADDLE FOR BICYCLES.

SPECIFIGATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 646,117, dated March 27, 1900. Application filed Ai igust 26 1899. Serial No. 728,528. (No model.)

To all whom it'may concern).-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BAILEY, a subprovements in Seats or Saddles for Bicyclesand Similar Vehicles, of which the following is a full and complete. specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same.

This invention relates to seats or saddles for bicycles and similar vehicles; and the ob ject thereof is to provide an improved device of this class which is simple in construction and operation and the seat portion of whichis supported by metal springs combined with pneumatic cushions or rings.

This inventionis fully disclosed in the'following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form apart, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by the same numerals of reference in each of the views, and in which I Figure 1 is a side view of my improvedbicycle seat or saddle, and Fig. 2 a section of a portion of Fig. 1.'

In the practice of my invention-I provide a seat or saddle of the class described comprising a base portion 5 and a top portion or tical position and secured to said base portion 5, as shown at 9. The said seat 6 consists of a longitudinal base-springlO, the op posite ends of which are secured to" the upper,

ends of the semicircular: spring 8, and the rear end of the spring 10 is curved upwardly and forwardly to form an arm 11, and the front end of said spring is provided with an upwardly-directed projection 12, through which passes-a screw 13, to the outer end of I which is secured an arm 14,'which extends upwardly. and backwardly, as shown at 15,v

and placed over the arms 11 and 15 is a longitudinal cover 16, of leather or other preferred flexible material, the front and rear ends of which are curved downwardly over the arms 11 and 15, and the sides of which are bent downwardly, as shown in Fig. 1. r

In each of the semicircular springs 8 is placed a tubular pneumatic ring 17, which is vmounted on a central core 18, which is deeply grooved to receive the same and is composed of soft rubber, wood, hard rubber, or other suitable material, and the pneumatic rings 17 are held to said core or secured thereto by links or bands 19, which pass around the semicircular springs, as clearly shown in the drawings. vided with a longitudinally-adjustable slide 20, which is provided on its upper side with an upwardly-directed portion 21, and the slide 20 is also longitudinally adjustable of the base 5 by means of a longitudinal slot 22,

cycle-frame.

By means of this construction I provide a pneumatic seat which is very elastic, the

pneumatic rings 17 serving as cushions and,

together with the springs 8, forming a support for both ends of the seat, and the seat is plied thereto.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1 In a bicycle-saddle,'a base portion, each end of which is provided with a vertically-ar ranged semicircular spring, pneumatic rings imposed in said springs and connected therecores and about said springs, said cores being peripherally grooved to form seats 'for said pneumatic rings, substantially as shown and described.

The base portion 5 is also pro-- 3. The herein-described support for bicycle my invention I have signed my name, in press and similarsaddles, comprising curved spring ence of the subscribing witnesses, this 10th elements, cores imposed therein, and sepaday of August, 1899.

rate links passed transversely through said WILLIAM BAILEY. 5 cores and about said spring elements, sub- Witnesses:

stantially as shown and described. ALFRED HARRY DAWKINS,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as CECIL W'IXON OHIDDY. 

